M2.6 earthquake 240 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 240 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Sep 7, 2024, 11:48 AM HADT (20:48 UTC), 181 km (112 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 214 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.3	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 78.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ny7h (also filed as ak024bjg34zi). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:06 PM UTC.